Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as the Super NES, SNES or Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit video game console that was released in 1990 by Nintendo in Japan, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe & Australasia (Oceania), and South America in 1993. In Japan, the system is called the Super Famicom (スーパーファミコン?, officially adopting the abbreviated name of its predecessor, the Family Computer), or SFC for short. In South Korea, it is known as the Super Comboy (슈퍼 컴보이) and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics.
Hardware
| CPU reference | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Ricoh 5A22, based on a 16-bit 65c816 core |
| Clock rates (NTSC) | Input: 21.47727 MHz Bus: 3.58 MHz, 2.68 MHz, or 1.79 MHz |
| Clock rates (PAL) | Input: 21.28137 MHz Bus: 3.55 MHz, 2.66 MHz, or 1.77 MHz |
| Buses | 24-bit and 8-bit address buses, 8-bit data bus |
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